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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Objective of the Research
The objective of the research is to know whether semantic mapping enrich the students’ vocabulary. In addition, the writer hopes that this research will be
useful especially for herself in developing her English vocabulary teaching and in general for English students and teachers at that school, as well.
B. Method of the Study
The writer uses the Classroom Action Research CAR which is done to solve the instructional problems. Classroom Action Research CAR is a form of
self-reflective inquiry undertaken by participants in a social including educational situation in order to improve the rationality and justice of: a their
own social or educational practices; b their understanding practices; and c the situation in which practices are carried out.
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Action research is classroom-based research conducted by teachers in order to reflect upon and evolve their teaching. It is a systematic,
documented inquiry into one aspect of teaching and learning in a specific classroom. The purpose of teacher research is to gain understanding of
teaching and learning within one’s classroom and to use that knowledge to increase teaching efficacy or student learning. Reflective teachers do this
every day, only not as carefully and systematically. With training and
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support, you can learn how to systematize your inquiry from informal reflection and teacher story sharing to formal research.
It means CAR is the type of research that could offer a procedure to improve and enhance the professionalism of teachers in teaching and learning in
the classroom by looking at various indicators of the success of learning processes and outcomes that occur in students where the teacher can improve learning
practices to become more effective. Cohen and Manion
in Kunandar’s book Langkah Mudah Penelitian Tindakan Kelas
said that it’s a situational, contextual, small scale, practice, flexible, adaptive, self-evaluation and participatory research.
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It means that classroom action research is an on-the job problem, problem-solving, action and
improvement-oriented. The writer concludes that classroom action research is formative, subjective, interpretive, reflective and experiential model of an
education research based on an inquiry that arises during teaching learning activities.
Dave Ebbutt in Sarwiji book’s Penelitian Tindakan Kelas said that action
research is about the systematic study of attempts to improve educational practice by group of participants by means of their own practical action and by means of
their own reflection upon the effects of those actions.
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So, the researcher can see the improvement from the action that she does, the result of what she did whether
it is successful or not. While, John Elliot defines action research as: “Action research is the process through which teachers collaborate in
evaluating their practice jointly; raise awareness of their personal theory; articulate a shared conception of values; try out new strategies to render
the values expressed in their practice more consistent with educational values they espouse; record their work in a form which is readily available
to and understandable by other teachers; and thus develop a shared theory
of teaching by research practice.”
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Kunandar, Langkah Mudah Penelitian Tindakan Kelas Sebagai Pengembangan Profesi Guru, Jakarta: Rajagrafindo Persada, 2008, p.56.
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Suwandi, Sarwiji, Penelitian Tindakan Kelas PTK dan Penulisan Karya Ilmiah Surakarta: Yuma Pustaka, 2010, p. 70.
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Mark R. Young and Colleague
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Journal of Instruction Pedagogies, Action research: Enhancing Classroom Practice and Fulfilling Educational Responsibilities. p. 1.
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Based on the definitions above Classroom Action Research is an effective medium
in improving the quality of English teachers’ performance in instruction as well as students’ achievement in learning English in classrooms. In Classroom
Action Research, English teachers assess the effectiveness of their own teaching activities and plan the improvement based on the result of the assessment.
Classroom Action Research for English Instruction is aimed at developing innovative instructional strategy that can help enhance the success in students’
learning English. English teachers believe that every student can succeed in learning English
if appropriate learning strategy is provided. When students fail in learning English, the mistake is on the teachers who do not provide appropriate help to the
students. When the students fail in learning English, it must be because the teachers have failed in helping them. And this is the teachers’ problem.
Identifying classroom problems and trying to solve the problems can be done through the process of Classroom Action research. It is the job of professional
teachers to identify their classroom problems and to try to solve the problems.
C. Classroom Action Research Setting
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